Senior Mechanical Engineer

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Responsibilities 

• Bring new products from R&D into production, including process set-up, fixturing, WIs, and training.


• Update drawings and initiate ECO’s in support of Sustaining Engineering and Operations needs.


• Update labels and associated artwork needed to support Production and Regulatory needs.


• Perform necessary changes to product and consumable drawings and manage through approval.


• Provide engineering support to manufacturing to resolve production issues.


• Design tools/fixtures for production to increase process cycle time and/or eliminate repetitive strain.


• Perform root cause analysis with data driven approach. 


• Develop validation, verification, and qualification protocols.


• Apply the principles of GD&T to all drawings of parts and assemblies.


• Work cross-functionally to implement design solutions and provide documentation as required.


• Work on, and track, multiple projects and ECO’s simultaneously.


• Work closely with other departments and outside entities, (e.g. vendors and contract resources, to insure design and documentation conformance to all quality requirements).


• Contribute to identifying and implementing process and design improvements.


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Qualifications 

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, BSME, BSEE, BSIE and at least 5-7 years of experience in engineering design and documentation for electromechanical and mechanical systems; medical device experience is a plus. 


• Exposure to systems or parts of systems that have contained basic knowledge in the areas of fluidics, thermal, injection molding, sheet metal, adhesives, electronic circuitry, flex circuits, connectors, cables, part design, packaging and manufacturing assembly processes is preferred. 


• Attention to detail with respect design and documentation procedures.


• A drive to get the job done in the face of obstacles, conflicting priorities and time constraints. Ability to reach out into the organization for assistance and resources when needed.


• Experience using 3D modeling software, Creo is preferred.


• Competency with MS Office including Word, and Excel, with Adobe Illustrator experience strongly preferred. 


• Works well with other engineers in a collaborative, fast-paced goal-driven environment.


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Additional Requirements

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret engineering specifications, technical procedures and vendor data sheets or instructions.


• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.


• Ability to clearly and concisely convey project accomplishments, obstacles, issues and status to project team members.


• Responsible for performing all duties in compliance with FDA’s Quality System Regulation (QSR), ISO13485, the Canadian Medical Device Regulations, and all other international regulatory requirements with which Allergan complies.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.